NASA/PCOS X-ray Mission Concepts Workshop: Off-Plane X-ray Grating SpectrometersDecember 15 th, 2011 Approved for public release, distribution unlimited Off-Plane X-ray Grating Spectrometer Concept Author: Randall L. McEntaffer Presenter: Webster Cash On behalf of the OPXGS team: Randall McEntafferUniversity of Iowa Webster CashUniversity of Colorado Chuck LillieNorthrop Grumman Suzanne CasementNorthrop Grumman Andrew HollandOpen University Neil MurrayOpen University Mat PageMSSL Dave WaltonMSSL Dick WillingaleUniversity of Leicester

NASA/PCOS X-ray Mission Concepts Workshop: Off-Plane X-ray Grating SpectrometersDecember 15 th, 2011 Approved for public release, distribution unlimited Enabling a Key IXO Science Goal “How does large scale structure in the universe evolve?” – Absorption lines due to filaments along line of sight to bright AGN Requires high spectral resolving power – R > 3000 (λ/Δλ) and high throughput over the keV band – Filaments enriched via AGN outflows Determine kinematics of these flows with high velocity resolution – Most detectable lines at energies < 1 keV Highly ionized C, N, O, Ne, etc. Necessitates dispersive spectrometers

NASA/PCOS X-ray Mission Concepts Workshop: Off-Plane X-ray Grating SpectrometersDecember 15 th, 2011 Approved for public release, distribution unlimited Instrument Overview cm keV0.5 keV IXO Design: Performance

NASA/PCOS X-ray Mission Concepts Workshop: Off-Plane X-ray Grating SpectrometersDecember 15 th, 2011 Approved for public release, distribution unlimited TRL Assessment

NASA/PCOS X-ray Mission Concepts Workshop: Off-Plane X-ray Grating SpectrometersDecember 15 th, 2011 Approved for public release, distribution unlimited Demonstrate high spectral resolving power Obtain high density, radial profile master Performance testing at MSFC Align gratings in a module Verify replication procedure Verify alignment procedure Environmental testing Performance test with appropriate optics and CCDs Demonstrate ability to create pinhole free thin optical blocking filters deposited directly on CCDs Obtain filtered CCDs from e2v Test at room temperature – TRL 4 Cryogenic testing – TRL 5 Tested flight prototype CCDs – TRL 6 Technology Development Plan

NASA/PCOS X-ray Mission Concepts Workshop: Off-Plane X-ray Grating SpectrometersDecember 15 th, 2011 Approved for public release, distribution unlimited Ongoing Work Grating development plan to be furthered through an upcoming Strategic Astrophysics Technology grant – New master, Resolution testing at MSFC in 2012 – Alignment studies have been ongoing Populate and test a grating module in 2013 CCD filter development planned for the next year in the UK at Open University (Andrew Holland).